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To  the  People  of  Texas. 


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ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE,  1 

Austin,  September  4th,  1861.  j 


The  Secretary  of  War  of  the  Confederate 
States  has  requested  the  State  Executive  to 
have  made  up,  at  an  early  day,  a  large  quan- 
tity of  Woolen  Clothing,  to  supply  the  wants 
of  the  Army,  to  be  charged  to  the  Confeder- 
ate Government.  The  Medical  Perveyor  has 
also  asked  aid  from  the  Executive  to  a  plan 
to  procure  Blankets  for  the  sick  and  wounded 
of  the  army.  He  suggests  very  wisely  that 
almost  every  family,  with  little  or  no  incon- 
venience to  itself,  can  contribute  a  Bl&nket  or 
Comfortable  to  his  Department. 

Warmly  approving  these  suggestions,  the 
Executive  issued  his  Address  of  the  31st  ult., 
inviting  the  formation  in  every  County  in  the 
State  of  a  Society,  or  Committee,  to  solicit 
and  receive  heavy  Clothing,  Blankets,  Com- 
fortables, and  other  articles,  which  will  be 
needed  by  our  army  during  the  coming  win 
tor.  The  military  stores  thus  furnished  will 
be  paid  for  in  the  bonds  of  the  Confederate 
States. 

To  effectuate  this  plan,  depots  will  be  esta- 
blished at  central  points,  under  the  superin- 
tendence of  the  following  agents,  viz  : 

j  At  Jefferson, W.  P.  Sauflley. 

/  "  Henderson, J.  H.  Parsons. 

V  "^Palestine, Tnhn  B  VrnTen^ 

J  "  Dallas, Dr.  Saml.  Pryor. 

>  "  Sherman^ W.  E.  Sanders. 

\\  "  Waco, J.W.Speight. 

n\  "  Austin, W.  H.  D.  Carrington 

^<_>  "  San  Antonio, Vance  &  Br®. 

§N  "  Victoria, Wm.  S.  Glass. 

^  "  Houston, E.  W.  Taylor. 

AN  "  Beaumont,| John  J.  Herring. 

v"^    They  will  receive  and  forward  to  the  pro- 
sper destination  the  contributions  of  the  oounty 
\.  associations,  and  of  the  citizens  generally,  and 
whenever  necessary,  may  furnish  transporta- 
tion, and  mcur  other  expenses  growing  prop- 
erly out  of  the  discharge  of  their  duties,  on 


the  faith  and  credit  of  the  Confederate  States. 
The  State  itself  will  sustain  that  credit  to  the 
utmost  limit  of  its  resources.  All  valid  ac- 
counts for  military  stores  thus  famished,  or 
otherwise  contracted  by  each  agent  in  the 
discharge  of  his  duties,  will  be  certified  by 
him  to  this  office,  where  the  same  will  be  ex- 
amined, approved  and  registered. 

The  County  Societies  will  forward  their 
contributions  to  the  agents  at  most  convenient 
or  accessible  depots. 

Each  of  the  agents  at  Henderson,  Palestine, 
Dallas,  Sherman,  Waco,  Austin,  San  Antonio, 
and  Victoria,  will  forward  his  collections  to 
the  most  accessible  depot,  either  at  Jeffers<  n, 
Houston,  or  Beaumont,  directed  to  the  agent 
at  that  point.  General  depots  will  bo  estab- 
lished at  the  latter  points,  from  which  the 
military  stores  thus  accumulated  will  be  trans- 
ported, or  distributed  under  the  directions  of 
the  President  of  the  Confederate  States.  The 
agents  designated  for  these  pusposes  will  also 
receive  contributions  from  the  county  asso- 
ciations private  individuals,  or  any  other 
quarter. 

The  State  Executive  has  received  assuran- 
ces from  the  managers  of  the  different  Kail- 
road  Companies  in  Texas  that  "they  will 
transport  troops  and  military  stores  intended 
for  the  defence  of  the  country, free  of  charge/' 

To  give  vigor,  efficiency  and  life  to  this 
plan,  the  great  body  of  our  citizens  must  lend 
to  it  their  persevering  and  active  labors.  No 
appeal  can  be  necessary  to  arouse  them  to 
oarly  and  efficient  action  to  prevent  a  fre- 
quent recurrence  among  the  brave  youth 
whom  we  have  sent  from  our  mild  climate  to 
Virginia  and  Missouri,  of  the  horrors  of  Val- 
ley Forge.  No  time  should  be  lost.  Wirter 
will  soon  be  upon  them. 

WM.  BYRD, 

Adjutant-Gen^,  al% 


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